Perhaps I should stop using the word “gay” and start using the word “schmoe” instead. Within the context of bodybuilding there is very little difference between these two words, but so many here seem to fear being tagged with the gay label; schmoe somehow seems to make them feel better because they can at least admit to being a schmoe.

Bodybuilding is truly a funny sport: even the people who patronize it (attend shows/expos, buy magazines & videos, post on bb message boards, etc.) are afraid to identify themselves as “fans.” One doesn't have to connect too many dots to see why that is.

Perhaps I should stop using the word “gay” and start using the word “schmoe” instead. Within the context of bodybuilding there is very little difference between these two words, but so many here seem to fear being tagged with the gay label; schmoe somehow seems to make them feel better because they can at least admit to being a schmoe.

Bodybuilding is truly a funny sport: even the people who patronize it (attend shows/expos, buy magazines & videos, post on bb message boards, etc.) are afraid to identify themselves as “fans.” One doesn't have to connect too many dots to see why that is.

Perhaps I should stop using the word “gay” and start using the word “schmoe” instead. Within the context of bodybuilding there is very little difference between these two words, but so many here seem to fear being tagged with the gay label; schmoe somehow seems to make them feel better because they can at least admit to being a schmoe.

Bodybuilding is truly a funny sport: even the people who patronize it (attend shows/expos, buy magazines & videos, post on bb message boards, etc.) are afraid to identify themselves as “fans.” One doesn't have to connect too many dots to see why that is.

Now that BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT has spilled the beans on so many of your bodybuilding heroes who have done G4P or escorted; and now that we know our inked friend is doing (gay) porn http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=102189.msg3383209#msg3383209does anyone still want to challenge my assertion that it is not a big leap to go from the BB stage to porn/escorting?

i troll this shit cos im curious, not gay, but i do wonder why you like to point the finger so much, i opened a bodybuilding mag 4 years ago and thought 'whoa' those guys are fucking huge and i want to aspire somewhere along that spectrum and off i went, but no, i come onto getbig.com after 6 months and ive got people trying to convince me im gay. fuck you baygbm.

Let me put it this way, when a big guy calls me a “fag” in public (or online) then comes begging to suck my dick in private something is not right. And, yes, this has happened to me more than once.

If you want to work out and get huge then, by all means, hit the gym and do so. More power to you. But does one need to ogle huge muscle men oiled up in thongs (in magazines, on stage, on video) and pay for the privilege of doing so—for years on end in order to get in shape? Let’s be real: if you are serious about it, you can learn everything there is to know about training in one week. You can learn everything there is to know about nutrition in two or three weeks. Many fans who patronize the sport of bodybuilding are not doing it because they want to get in shape. Just look at the audience at any BB show; as Gordiano has pointed out, “you ALWAYS have men there who DO NOT EVEN WORK OUT! (wtf do you think they are there for?)”

Many of the ostensibly straight muscle men you admire are engaged in some rather questionable behaviors; and some will even tell you they are “forced” to do it.

Buying a magazine, for example, once or twice = curious. Coming back 10, 20, or 30, times = more than curious. It equals schmoe. Tim C described his sexual orientation as “straight… but with a curve.” That description would seem to apply to a lot of BB fans.

If you are not attracted to men then you have no cause to worry about what some anonymous guy on the internet is pointing fingers at. By the way, I’m not pointing fingers at any individual; I’m pointing it at behavior. If your behavior is not consistent with what I’m pointing at, then my comments needn’t concern you. If you do see yourself in the behaviors I describe, am I really the one you have a problem with?